I'm a decent nice, and gentle guy joining here simply because Berserk is my favorite piece of fiction ever created. I also have lurked a little before joining to get a sense of the community and it seems quite appealing to me.

A little bit about me...Well, Im a young Canadian male, with hopes to become an author and illustrator, so through out most of my years, I have practiced writing and drawing. I also enjoy video games, (mostly fighters, but Im open to all genres), music, philosophy, all sorts of things.

I look forward to getting to know some of you better, and be part of this community.

Hey I understand that this is a pretty old thread but I figured it'd be better for me to post here than to needlessly create a new one.

I never got out of Berserk but seeing as how I got into it when I was around 14, I got really occupied and busy with life shortly after joining here so my account hasn't been active for a couple years, Im honestly surprised my account wasn't deleted by the admins or something. 7 years later (approx), I still love Berserk (I guess thats self evident) and I figured I'd come back to the forum since the newest Berserk episodes have really peaked my interest.

Anyways I've technically been here for a while but I guess you could say that Im a new member Looking forward to posting more and exchanging words with fellow Berserk fans, with episode 354 out gods know how much I need to passionately ramble about how excited I am for the future of Berserk. Casca waking up and looking back to normal has made me so happy, its truly hard to put into words

Anyways I've technically been here for a while but I guess you could say that Im a new member Looking forward to posting more and exchanging words with fellow Berserk fans, with episode 354 out gods know how much I need to passionately ramble about how excited I am for the future of Berserk.

Hey man, long time since I've been active too, definitely want and will try to be in the future, especially with so many possible discussions around the billion story threads the series is layered with right now !

Hey man, long time since I've been active too, definitely want and will try to be in the future, especially with so many possible discussions around the billion story threads the series is layered with right now !

Welcome back to the forum! Agreed, Berserk's story has always been amazing but with Ep 354, I simply can't wait for what the future holds. I'd dare say now is the best time to become a Berserk fan or return to it (besides getting into it once its finished years from now).

Definitely, and that's exactly what I've been perpetually trying to convince my friends of, only a handful of which are up to date unfortunately. The good ol' "stuff is seriously going down next chapter, you totally have a whole month to catch up"

Without a doubt! I think thats a large factor in what makes this so exciting, not only have we gotten Casca back but we have an episode next month to look forward to, hopefully it'll continue focusing on Casca and not diverge back to whatever Rickert is doing or something haha

Edit: Oh I figure I should tell you this (Walter or someone else inevitably will if I don't) but a small correction, immediate releases in Berserk are called episodes while chapters refer to Arcs ala the Golden Age, Black Swordsman, etc, its a common mistake though so no worries

My belief and hope is that based on the pace thus far it will not split the narrative over to Rickert, but we'll see, it could go a different direction altogether, setting the ground for Casca's "meeting" of the new gang!

Edit: Oh I figure I should tell you this (Walter or someone else inevitably will if I don't) but a small correction, immediate releases in Berserk are called episodes while chapters refer to Arcs ala the Golden Age, Black Swordsman, etc, its a common mistake though so no worries

Actually chapters and arcs are different things. We're currently in the Fantasia arc, and the chapter of the Elf Island.

So if I understand this correctly, episodes are the immediate releases, collections of episodes comprise a chapter and collections of chapters comprise an arc, right?

Yep. In short form: Episodes < Chapters < Arcs.

Episodes are the ~20 pg sequences serialized in Young Animal magazine. A Chapter contains several episodes ("Chapter of Lost Children," (23 eps) "Chapter of the Binding Chain," (8 eps) "Chapter of the Birth Festival" (51 eps). Finally, an Arc encompasses several Chapters, and marks a definite period, or story arc in the manga.